Nex gun model

I found a picture of a nice rail gun from a halflife mod & wanted it in nex. I've just started it & thought I'd share as I'm a lazy sod & need some encouragement.

The pic I found:


Todays progress:


You guys reckon it's worthwhile - would you like to see it in game? It'd probably take a noob like me a helluva long time to complete.

I like it. I'd like to see this ingame, and I would use it

roar I like it too! looks similar to one of heckler koch's machine guns , nice one

Me too , but maybee it looks a little bit better with a telescope on it?

So far, so
May I see a wire to say something more constructive?

Yea, I'm agree With Die Happy, I guess ZOOM will looks cool at this gun. Good luck with it, Tony

Thx guys, I'll keep at it then.

There'll be no scope initially, primarily because Nex doesn't have a proper scope feature & I want to keep the view as unobstructed as possible (good excuses to keep my 1st project simple).

Spohst - PM'd you a copy for your criticism. Everyone else can have a look when it's a bit more complete.

Update:



I think I'm not far from adding textures. Not done that before so it'll be interesting.

If anyone wants a peek or can offer any constructive advice, here's the blend.

really nice m8

i try to open the file with C4D..

btw blender has a nice render

give it to us when it's done

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i try to open the file with C4D..

You can't open a .blend with c4d
Export it in blender as .obj and import it in c4d.


Back to topic:
Youre learning really incredible fast, the trigger is much better now.
But: You cheated a bit
Wrong:

Right:


On the first picture the selected Vert is not connected to the edge in the middle. On the one hand thats not a good practice, on the other hand that causes strange behaviour (black flickering) in Nexuiz (as I noticed with my droid). Try to build up a mesh in which all those verts are connected properly... you have many of them of those evil verts . Tip: Use the "Merge"-tool for that Purpose (Alt+M).
Ok, that will cause often Tris, but as long you don't use any SubSurf-Modelling thats completely ok & and before you export it you have to triangulate the whole mesh though.
Another tip: In some cases its better to model things seperate and just plug them into the mesh (without connectiong them). Saves time and Polys. Example: The notch on top of the weapon.

Otherwise: Very good work!

holy shit, I dont know at all what U guys are talking about except that gun rox
waiting patiently

Hehe thx m999

Thx for taking a look Sphost. I'm not too sure what you're saying either, I've PM'd some questions.

looks very nice Tony,

u have a lot of talents

Thanks Marc.

Guess I'm a jack of all trades & master of nothing.

Taking a break from it atm, kinda got square eyes yesterday. I'll work on a few tweaks & Spohst's mention tomorrow & then it'll be texture time (which I find a bit daunting, never textured more than the default blender cube).

Maybe I'll call it the growler nex.

lost wrote:

Maybe I'll call it the growler nex.

Marc, nice to see U m8
Im still working on Ur map, damn that is hard one
heheh T, nice one, I like that

Banshee wrote:

Marc, nice to see U m8
Im still working on Ur map, damn that is hard one
heheh T, nice one, I like that

Nice to be here =)
I often read in the threads, still...

Maybe the map is bugged?
Maybe that was the reason why i didn't finish it myself....i don't remember :p

well dunno :S
I made one pk3 out of it (after almost 10 tries) but it still needed few tweaks. heh but nuthin can stop me no worries, sooner or later Im gonna finish it m8

I've just seen it and...





WOW, that looks pretty nice. I want it in Nexuiz.

Gun is great
and You are amazing Tony...coz I even don't know what is going on here

You are too kind Domi.

I spent a fair bit of time on it yesterday cleaning up those evil verts Spohst pointed out & adding some detail before sending it to him for an MOT. Some surfaces were found to display incorrectly which he kindly fixed & it came back with some additional rendering options.

Here's how it's looking now:



& here's the blend.

Officially time to start with texturing.... tomorrow.

Looks god now

I'm looking forward to your texture-expierences

Hehe, I'm not.

It's nice to see the model finished & exciting to know I'm one step closer to a new nex. Something tells me that making the model is probably the easy part for a total noob like me tho.

& Thx for your support m8, I hope there's enough space in your inbox for noob texture questions.

har har
I think I need a new account with a new inbox
Just to completely demoralize you: Texturing normaly takes the same time as modeling does

oh yeah, Ur closer and closer to finish it m99999
hehe BOMMEL m8, Im afraid U will need at least two new accounts -> Im gonna start to learn blender very soon, just lemme finish these maps I started ^^] Im thinking about new model and it's gonna take helluva much time I guess but Im also sure it's going to be worth spending that time so I would like to ask U questions when I start it, I'd be glad if U kindly share Ur experience woah, so maybe U'll need even three new accounts ?
Blenderland, here we come